ANZACS

What is ANZACS?? Its means Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Active 1915–1916 Country Australia New Zealand Branch Army Type Administrative Corps Nickname ANZAC Anniversaries Anzac Day

ANZACS WAR Thousands lost their lives in the Gallipoli campaign. Among the dead were 2721 New Zealanders Thousands lost their lives in the Gallipoli campaign: 87,000 Turks, 44,000 men from France and the British Empire, including 8500 Australians. To this day, Australia also marks the events of 25 April. Among the dead were 2721 New Zealanders, almost one in four of those who served on Gallipoli.

Anzac Day Anzac Day (25 April) is observed in New Zealand as a day of commemoration for those who died in the service of their country and to honour returned servicemen and women. Commemoration means to remember; to honour means to show respect; returned servicemen means the soldiers that came back

Anzac Day ANZAC Day is always observed on the 25th April. In 2011 it fell on Easter Monday. ANZAC Day is never "Mondayised" or transferred to any other day. It is always observed on the day it falls. 25 April is the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in 1915. On the first anniversary of that landing services were held throughout the country in remembrance of the 2,721 New Zealand soldiers who died during the eight-month Gallipoli Campaign. Since 1916 Anzac Day has evolved to the observance we know today.

What Symbols are used to represent Anzac day?? Symbols for ANZAC Day include red poppies rosemary olive leaf The Rising Sun emblem The Flanders poppy has been a part of Armistice or Remembrance Day ritual since the early 1920s and is also increasingly being usedas part of ANZAC Day observances. During the First World War,red poppies were seen to be among the first living plants thatsprouted from the devastation of the battlefields of northern Franceand Belgium. Soldiers' folklore had it that the poppies were vividred from having been nurtured in ground drenched with the bloodof their comrades. This powerful symbolism is now attached to thered poppy – that of the sacrifice of shed blood. The Rising Sun emblem is still worn with pride by the Army today (pictured below).

Anzac Day Services Auckland City: Parade 5.45am, Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum. Dawn Service 6am, Cenotaph. These are the services in Anzac Day. Newmarket: Parade 9.45am, Teed St. Service 10am, Olympic Park, Broadway. Pt Chevalier: Parade 10.30am, cnr of Alberta St. Service 11am, Pt Chevalier RSA, 1136 Great North Rd. Avondale: 10am, St Ninians Memorial, cnr Great North and St Georges Rds.

Anzac Parade 2011 Auckland war Memorial Museum When Monday, 25 April 2011 05.30 - 12.00 Where Auckland War Memorial Museum Cost free Ages All ages There will be a parade from 5.30am near the Cenotaph behind the museum followed by a 6am Dawn Service ceremony. At 10.15am a parade will commence from the eastern side of the museum followed by a Civic Service at 11am.

ANZAC BISCUIT ANZAC biscuits are a sweet biscuit popular in Australia and New Zealand ANZAC biscuits are a sweet biscuit popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, desiccated coconut, sugar, butter, golden syrup, bicarbonate of soda and boiling water. Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I. It has been claimed the biscuits were sent by wives to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation.[1] Today, ANZAC biscuits are manufactured commercially for retail sale

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